Dashcam video shows moments before fatal shooting of Philando Castile

The Minnesota cop who shot and killed Philando Castile during a traffic stop last year opened fire just seconds after the driver told him he had a firearm, graphic new video shows.

What began as a routine stop for a broken brake light quickly turned deadly after Officer Jeronimo Yanez squeezed off seven shots at Castile.

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After a benign exchange on the side of a road in Falcon Heights on July 6, 2016, the tone changed quickly.

"Sir, I have to tell you that I do have a firearm on me," Castile, 32, tells the St. Anthony cop.

Dashcam footage released shows the fatal shooting death of Philando Castile. (Ramsey County)

"Don't reach for it, then," Yanez, 29, responds. "Don't pull it out!"

"I'm not," Castile said.

The officer repeatedly says "don't pull it out" before grabbing his own weapon and firing at Castile through the driver's window of the white Oldsmobile.

Officer Jeronimo Yanez was acquitted of all charges in the death of Philando Castile. (David Joles/AP)

Castile's girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, was also in the car with her 4-year-old daughter. She live-streamed the aftermath on Facebook Live, which drew millions of viewers.

She cries that Yanez "killed my boyfriend" and insisted that Castile wasn't grabbing for his gun.

"Oh my god, I'm shaking," Reynolds says.

Castile had a permit to carry a weapon. (Jim Mone)

"Don't move!" Yanez shouts.

Reynolds' daughter gets out of the car through the back passenger door.

"Code three, get the baby girl out of here!" Yanez screamed.

Dashcam footage was released of the July 6, 2016 shooting death of Philando Castile by officer Jeronimo Yanez. (Ramsey County)

Another officer picks the girl up and hustles her away.

"I told him not to reach for it," a frantic Yanez can be heard saying in the video.

An officer then commands Reynolds to get out of the car with her hands up. Two cops remove Castile from his car by dragging him onto the street, where one of them starts performing CPR on him, the video shows.